This email sent to journalists reading the blog:

Subject: care to comment or speculate? on the relative amounts of press and media time devoted to the various (10?) journalist killings since Sept 11th? the din over dan pearl is deafening right now. perhaps because he was held captive? or because they videotaped it?

Responses:

To: "Mark Zip" Subject: Re: care to comment or speculate? you have to wonder a bit about a paper that sends a jewish journalist with no urdu and little experience in conflict zones to get the scoop on the murky world of islamic fundamentalism in pakistan....

To: "Mark Zip" Subject: Re: care to comment or speculate? Send an American, Jewish, Wall Street Journal reporter to go do the inside scoop on Islamic fundamentalism in Karachi (population: 12 million; number of foreigners: around 20) and you are asking for trouble. Certainly didn't get what he deserved. Certainly didn't get the unexpected either!!! Dumb fucks all round. Don't quote me by name on that. The amount of coverage? To be honest, I'd like to think someone would kick up a fuss if I went walkabout (on that Australian theme). Might have to think about it for a bit ...